Windmill attachment.



APPLICATION IILED JUNE 24, 1902.

no MODEL.

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PATENTED JUNE 23, 1903.

Uurrsn STATES Patented June 23, 1903.

JOHN P. MULLER, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS,

ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO \VILMER S. LAMB, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

WINDMILL ATTACHMENT.

SPECIFIGATION fOrming' part of Letters Patent No. 731,935, dated June 23, 1903. Application filed June 24. 1902. Serial No. 113,033. (No model.)

To rtZZ whom it nutty concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. MiiLLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Windmill Attachment, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in windmill attachments.

The object of the present invention is to provide for windmills a simple and com paratively inexpensive device of great strength and durability adapted to be applied to the vertically-reciprocating pump-rod of a windmill and adapted for operating various devices and light machines.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

The figure of the drawing is a perspective view of a windmill attachment constructed in accordance with this invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 designates an upright oscillatory lever fulcrumed near its lower end on a suitable support which is composed of approximately V- shaped sides 2, provided at their apexes at the top of the support with hearings or eyes 3 for the reception of a pivot 4, which connects the lever l with the support. The lever l is provided with a suitable eye 5, receiving the pivot 4 and consisting of a casting or the like. The sides of the support are provided at the lower ends of their side pieces with perforated extensions or ears 6, which are bolted to the platform of a pump or to any other suitable support. The lower arm of the upright oscillatory lever is connected by an upright rod or bar 7 with the verticallyreciprocating pump-rod 8 of a pump 9, which is operated bya windmill (not shown) in the usual manner. The upper end of the upright bar 7 is pivotally connected with the vertically-reciprocating pump-rod, preferably by means of a hinge 10, which has one of its leaves detachably clamped to the pump-rod by suitable fastening devices to enable the attachment to be readily disconnected from the pump-rod when it is not desired to use the same. The attachment is designed to operate simultaneously with the pump without interfering with the operation thereof, and

the outer leaf of the hinge 10 is secured to the upper end of the upright connecting-bar 7. The lower end of the upright connectingbar is pivotally connected to the lower end of the oscillatory lever by means of a hinge 11, having its leaves secured to theadjacent faces of the bar and the lever, and when the pump-rod reciprocates the upright lever will be oscillated, as will be readily apparent.

The upper end of the con necting-bar 7 may be detached from the reciprocating pump-rod by removing the pintle 12, which is detach able; but the hinge may be disconnected from the pum p-rod, if desired, to effect the separation of the parts in that manner. The upper arm of the oscillatory lever is connected with one end of an approximately horizontal connecting-bar 13 by means of a hinge 14, which is adjustably secured to the upper arm of the lever to vary the length of the stroke to adapt the attachment for operating various kinds of machines. One leaf of the hinge 14 is fixed to the bar 13, and the other leaf is detachably bolted to the upper arm of the lever, which is provided with a series of perforations to receive the fastening devices to permit a ready adjustment of the parts. The outer arm of the approximately horizontally disposed connecting-bar 13 may be attached tothe oscillatory handle of a washing-machine or may be connected with a bucksaw or with any similar device that is adapted to be operated by a reciprocating movement of the connectingbar 13. The outer'end of the connecting-bar 13 may also be secured, as illustrated in the drawing, to a short bar or arm 15, which is pivoted atits outer end to a connecting device 16 of approximately triangular form. The bar 13 is connected with the top of the device 16, which is pivoted at its bottom to a wrist-pin 18 of a wheel 19, whereby it is eccentrically connected with the latter, and the said wheel 19 is preferably a-b'alance-wheel or fly-wheel and is keyed or otherwise secured to a shaft 20. The triangular connecting device is also connected with an upright oscillatory bar 21, hinged at its lower end 22 to a suitable support and pivoted at its upper end operating simultaneously with a 23 to the connecting device 16. The oscillation of the upright bar 21 is adapted to effect an up-and-down movement of the connecting device 16 and serves to carry the wrist-pin over the dead-center when the bar 13 is re ciprocated. The reciprocation of the bar 13 is thereby enabled to rotate the shaft 20, which may be connected with a machine in any suitable manner or may form a partof the same.

It will be seen that the windmill attachment is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, that it is adapted to be readily applied to a windmill, and that it is capable of pump and of communicating eithera reciprocatory or rotary motion to the part to be actuated.

What I claim is- 1. In a device of the class described the combination with a vertically-reciprocating rod, of an upright lever fulcrumcd between its ends and arranged adjacent to the rod, an upright connecting-bar hinged to the lower arm of the uprightlever, means for connecting the upper end of the upright connecting-bar With the reciprocating rod, and an approximately horizontal connecting-rod extending from the mechanism to be operated to the upper arm of the lever.

2. In adevice of the class described the combination with a vertically-reciprocating rod, of a stand located adjacent to the rod, an upright lever fulcrumed between its ends on the stand, an upright connecting-bar arranged between the lever and the reciprocating rod and hinged at its lower end to the lower arm of the lever, means for adjustably hinging the upper end of the connecting-bar to the reciprocating rod, and an approximately horizontal connecting bar extending from the mechanism to be actuated to the upper arm of the lever, substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described,the combination with a vertically-reciprocating rod, of an upright lever fulcrumed between its.

ends, an upright connecting-bar extending from the lower arm of the lever and provided with means for connecting it with the vertically reciprocating rod, an approximately horizontal connecting-bar extending from the other arm of the lever, a connecting device pivoted to the horizontal connecting-bar and provided with means for eccentrically conmeeting it with a rotary element, and an upright oscillatory bar pivoted to the connecting device substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. In a device of the class described,the combination with a rotary element, and a rod, of

a connecting device pivoted to the rotary element eccentrically thereof, a reciprocating connecting-bar pivoted to the connecting device at the top thereof, an oscillatory bar hinged at one end and pivoted to the connecting device, and a lever fulcrumed between its ends and connected to the said connectingbar and with the rod, substantially as described. I

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN P. MULLER.

Witnesses:

' W. N. CRONKRITE,

G. B. COURTNEY. 

